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One good reason to use FM instead of the internet is that it scales better - you can have practically infinte receivers, wheras most digital radio on the intern
by eptcyka 2y ago
One good reason to use FM instead of the internet is that it scales better - you can have practically infinte receivers, wheras most digital radio on the internet will deliver the same content for each listener individually, thus using more bandwidth per listener.
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- lxgr 2y ago5G has a broadcast option, but I’m not sure if that’s supported by any commercially available phone yet.
- namibj 2y agoApart from some old 3G tech demos with TV streaming, none of the user data multi/broad cast functionality from 3GPP cellphone standards reached a usable state in consumer hardware, with the single obvious exception being cell broadcast (basically broadcast SMS, by my understanding).
- lxgr 2y agoI’m also very doubtful, but at least in Austria it’s being touted as a potential DAB alternative. (That might just be a strategic device by the incumbent public transmitter operator though – they have ubiquitous FM coverage, which helps avoid competing programs on DAB out by decreasing the utility of buying a DAB receiver.)
- eptcyka 2y ago5g having broadcast is closer to FM rather than the internet. Broadcast does not work on the internet.
- musicale 2y agoTrue. Though technically multicast could be used, which helps somewhat. On the other hand, everyone can get their own personal "radio station" via streaming...